Korean arms race heats up
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North Korea’s latest test of a long-range cruise missile indicates that the arms race with South Korea is intensifying
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KEY RECENT EVENTS
2017: Kim Jong-Un (right) successfully tests new intercontinental ballistic missile able to reach anywhere in U.S.

Hwasong-15
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Nov 7, 2017: U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in (above) agree to scrap payload limits on South Korean missiles
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Mar 2020: South test launches new short-range ballistic missile, able to cover all of North Korea with two-tonne payload
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Range: 13,000km
Mar 2021: North launches new version of KN-23 missile, which can carry 2.5-tonne warhead
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KN-23 Range:600km
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May 2021: Seoul and Washington scrap guidelines limiting range of South Korean ballistic missiles to 800km
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Length: 83.5m Beam: 9.6m
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Sep 11-12: North Korea tests first “strategic” cruise missile with possible nuclear capability
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Hyunmoo-4 Range: 800km Dosan Ahn Chang-ho
KSS-III submarine
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Sep 7, 2021: South Korea test fires new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), becoming first non-nuclear power to develop such capability
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Six torpedo tubes for Hyunmoo 4-4 conventionally armed SLBM, smaller than nuclear-tipped SLBM developed by North Korea
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Sources: Janes, CSIS, Global Security, Reuters
Pictures: Newscom, KCNA
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